Education
The Guide to Bitcoin, Blockchain, and Cryptocurrency for Investment Professionals
San Francisco • January 7, 2021
Learn about cryptocurrency basics, crypto trading, crypto asset regulations, and more in this definitive guide for investment professionals.
The goal of this document is to provide the inquisitive investor with a clear-eyed guide to crypto and blockchain: what they are, what they are not, and where they might go from here. This brief covers topics such as:
How crypto works and why it matters
Understanding bitcoin
How bitcoin transactions work
Why does more than one crypto asset exist?
Bitcoin vs. Ethereum
… and more.
READ WHITE PAPERAbout Bitwise
Based in San Francisco, Bitwise is one of the largest and fastest-growing crypto asset managers, offering both index and active strategies across a wide array of investment vehicles. The firm is known for creating the world’s largest crypto index fund (OTCQX: BITW), a suite of crypto-focused equity and futures ETFs, and investment products that span Bitcoin, Ethereum, DeFi, and NFTs. Bitwise focuses on partnering with financial advisors and investment professionals to provide quality education and research. The team at Bitwise combines expertise in technology with decades of experience in traditional asset management and indexing, coming from firms including BlackRock, Blackstone, Meta, and Google, as well as the U.S. Attorney’s Office. Bitwise is backed by leading institutional investors and asset management executives, and has been profiled in Institutional Investor, CNBC, Barron’s, Bloomberg, and The Wall Street Journal.
